Encyclopedia - Hindu Denominations: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Denominations - Vaishnavism
Vaishnavas worship Vishnu, or Krishna and his avataras (especially Rama) as the supreme deity. This is the largest denomination. Vaishnav...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vaishnava, Vaisnava: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vaishnava, Vaisnava
Vaishnava Vaisnava (Sanskrit) A follower of any sect recognizing and worshiping Vishnu as the sectarian supreme divinity. There are at...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vaishnava: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Vaishnava
Vaishnava (Sanskrit). A follower of any sect recognising and worshipping Vishnu as the one supreme God. The worshippers of Siva are ca...   » Read the article

Article - Dadu Panthis: Hindu Sects And Cults - Dadu Panthis
Dadu Panthis: The Dadu Panthis form one of the Vaishnava cults. Dadu, the founder of this sect, was a disciple of one of the Kabir Panthi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaudiya Vaishnavism: Encyclopedia - Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (Bengal) Vaishnavism, is a sect of Hinduism founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya sampradaya is the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balarama: Encyclopedia - Balarama
In Hinduism, Balarama (phonetically Balarāma - his other names include Baladeva, Balabhadra and Halayudha) is the name of the elder brot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaitanya Charitamrita: Encyclopedia - Chaitanya Charitamrita
The Chaitanya Charitamrita is the magnum-opus of the Bengali saint/author Krishna Dasa Kaviraja (1496-? CE). The book, a hybrid Bengali a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vallabhacharya: Encyclopedia - Vallabhacharya
Vallabhacharya (1479 - 1531) was the founder of the Vallabha sect in Indian philosophy. He called his system of thought Shuddhadvaita (pu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta Desika: Encyclopedia - Vedanta Desika
Vedanta Desika (1269 – 1370) is the second great name in Vaishnavism. He was a great poet, devotee, philosopher and master-teacher -- a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krishnology: Encyclopedia Ii - Krishnology - Recent Scholarship
Guy Beck, a well published scholar on Hinduism in general, and on Krishna in particular, has published on the Krishnology of the Vaishnav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaishnavism: Encyclopedia Ii - Vaishnavism - The Major Schools
Vaishnavas believe that Vishnu-Narayana is the one supreme God and all other gods and creatures are subservient to Him. All of the sects ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaishnavism: Encyclopedia Ii - Vaishnavism - History Of Vaishnavism
Thanks to Alvars, a set of twelve people who with their devotional hymns spread the sect to the common people, Vaishnavism flourished in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smartism: Encyclopedia Ii - Smartism - Prominent Communities
Prominent Smarta communities of South India include Sirinadu community who have their origins from Mysore in Karnataka, the Iyer communit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avatar: Encyclopedia Ii - Avatar - List Of Other People Considered To Be Avatars
Besides the ten traditional avatars of Hinduism, some other Indian Hindus are considered to be avatars by themselves or by others. Some o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Deities - Denominations Of Hinduism
Contemporary Hinduism traditionally has four major divisions, Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, and Smarthism. According to Adherents.com t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahatma Gandhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahatma Gandhi - Early Life
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (called mahatma meaning spiritual one; soulful one; man of soul) was born into a Hindu Modh family in Porbanda...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahatma Gandhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahatma Gandhi - Early Life
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (called mahatma meaning "spiritual one; soulful one; man of soul") was born into a Hindu Modh family in Porban...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vallabacharya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Vallabacharya
Vallabacharya (Sanskrit). The name of a mystic who was the chela (disciple) of Vishnu Swami, and the founder of a sect of Vaishnavas. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Madhwacharya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Madhwacharya (madhvaachaarya)
Madhwacharya: Madhwacharya (Madhvaachaarya). 13th cent. exponent of dualist philosophy; lived in the South Indian court of Vijayana...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaitanya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Chaitanya
Chaitanya: (Sanskrit) A renowned Vaishnava saint (1485 - 1534), revered today especially in Bengal and Orissa, remembered for his ecst...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vallabhacharya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vallabhacharya
Vallabhacharya: (Sanskrit) "Beloved." V   aishnava saint (ca 1475-1530) whose panentheistic Shuddha Advaita (pure nondu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vallabhacharya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vallabhacharya
Vallabhacharya: (Sanskrit) "Beloved." V   aishnava saint (ca 1475-1530) whose panentheistic Shuddha Advaita (pure nondu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vallabhacharyas, Vallbhacaryas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vallabhacharyas, Vallbhacaryas
Vallabhacharyas Vallbhacaryas (Sanskrit) A Vaishnava sect founded by Vallabhacharya, a sectarian mystic said to have been the disciple...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Madhva: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Madhva
Madhva (Sanskrit) Also Madhava. The founder of a sect of Vaishnavas called Madhvas after their founder who lived in southern India. &...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaitanya, Caitanya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Chaitanya, Caitanya
Chaitanya caitanya (Sanskrit) (from chit to perceive, understand, be conscious)   Consciousness, intelligence; the cosmic intelli...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramanujacharya, Ranmanujacarya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ramanujacharya, Ranmanujacarya
Ramanujacharya Ranmanujacarya (Sanskrit) A celebrated Vaishnava reformer, founder of a Vedantic school which taught the doctrine of Vi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ishta Devata: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ishta Devata
Ishta Devata: (Sanskrit) "Cherished or chosen Deity." The Deity that is the object of one's special pious attention. Ishta D...   » Read the article